The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words a day.
From Marc Maron
Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.
I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep my distance from him professionally.
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers.
It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.
Hopefully standup will become special again.
Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.
When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.
When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records.
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